Rolo Turtles and other stuff

its been crazy at work...end of the year, tax paying time...and we are chasing our tails trying to keep up...kids are outta school...and they are spending a few days away from home...I am trying to get all the last minute Christmas and holiday stuff done this week...Tuesday will be my last and only shopping day before Christmas...I have to work the rest of the week...
I have been working on some new designs...I will so many new projects to share after the first of the year...Lots of ideas for your photo's too...
I got this neat recipe for Rolo Turtles...check this out...too easy...get those square Synders of Hanover pretzels...I love the butter flavored ones...put on a cookie sheet, top with a Rolo caramel candy, heat in the oven until softened enough to press 1/2 a pecan into the candy...remove from heat...I popped them in the fridge for a few minutes, store in an air tight container...oh my gosh, are these little babies good...
I will share more later...I also created a new cookie...and oh my goodness, they are good...
More later...

My Beginnings...

This is my first oil painting...well, actually it was the third one...but the first one that looked ok enough to show ya...I wanted to take oil painting lessons so much...so in 1985 I signed up at what was back then, the only arts and crafts type store in our entire area...

Heart Book-this one is finished

I added some punched flower shapes, layered and curled with an acrylic stone center...to the front of the book...some fibers to the snap ring...
I stamped the names of each person using my little alphabet stamps from PSX...


I am going to put this little book on my desk at work...It contains my grand children, nephews-their wives and children...for more info about the heart book kit....see it below or check out the special on http://thestudioinpreston.blogspot.com

Heart Book Kit-under construction

This is all I have done to the cover so far...
These are 3 of the pages with our little girls...my grand daughter and my two great neices...
The little folders on the pages are great for adding more photos to this little book...I used a variety of punches as well as the die cuts from the kit to add these pictures to the book...
This is my youngest nephew and my first great nephew...gees...now I feel old...LOL....I can't wait to get the rest of the photos added and the little book finished...but dang it...as luck would have it...I have to work my real job this afternoon...I wanted to share what I had done so far...will update with finished book hopefully by the weekend...
Be sure and check out my studio blog http://thestudioinpreston.blogspot.com for a special offer on this book kit email me at debbiesdiecuts@yahoo.com for more info...

Treat/Treasure Box How To

I punched the scallop from green cardstock and the circle from white, stamped the Innovative Stamp Creations images in green and red...I am so tickled with my new punches...
I used the matchbox die cut to create the treat box...very simply just rubbed the distress ink pads across the white cardstock die cuts...almost gives a faux fabric effect...I have been doing this for years...and still its one of my favorite coloring methods...I did the box part in green and the sleeve in red...
After I stamped and glued the circle to the scalloped punched pieces...I glued them onto the peppermint patty top...Two rows of two deep fits perfectly in the little box...These were fun to make...and will be a hit at work...

I have been so busy at work since last week...its Tax Season...gees...the modem goes out in the main computer, can't run the reports, finish out last month or even post payments and entries...well until today...I had to account for 3 days worth of payments, etc...and guess what...we balanced to the penny...yeah...but gosh, it was an exhausting day...
I did get all active orders finished...so lots of mail going out tomorrow...if you placed an order or won a giveaway drawing...be on the look out...cause mail will be heading your way...
I have almost finished the Christmas shopping...3 more gifts...then its just the cooking/baking/chex mix, etc, that I make every year...and I get 5 whole days off for Christmas...yeah again...
Stay tuned for some new stuff coming later this week...and a new giveaway...

Heart Book-Our newest kit

This is the newest book kit at Debbie's Die Cuts...one of our designers Donalda Cox made this beautiful sample...she used stamps from Innovative Stamp Creations...This is the cover of the heart book...
These are some of the inside pages of the book...
I will get some better photos later this week to share...I wanted her to send me these so I could share this weeks special with y'all...
The domino die cuts make perfect little fold overs to add to a page in the book...
The photo holders are perfect for adding labels and more...
Be sure and check out the studio blog http://thestudioinpreston.blogspot.com for a special offer on the Heart Book Kit from Debbie's Die Cuts...